Focal Electra A pillar tweeter

Hi everyone, at final I bought a ds4 plug in hybrid la premiere with focal electra second hand but left tweeter wasn’t working, got a pillar off and it was just disconecte, tweeter works fine, problem is, the tweeter cable is very short , so there is no way in hell I can connect the tweeter before installing the a pillar back.

Any workaround?

It can’t be too short. You have to arrange the cable so it reaches the speaker. Someone broke it, and now it needs to be fixed.
Which pillar? A?

Yea, is not to short, it reaches the speaker, seems like the only way to mount is back is to disasamble the gril and somehow place the pillar in its place, get the wire true the speaker hole and then mount the speaker because its so short, its imposible to wite the speaker before putting the pillar in its place

I did this recently, but I had no trouble connecting it. Of course, the cover was only tilted, not removed.

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Dear Andrew,
May I kindly ask you how did you remove the a pillar? Which movement you did?
It seems the central metal pin is hard to disengage.
Do I have to pull or push the plastic bracket that surround the metal pin?
Please see the pic I found in the forum, for reference.


Thanks again!
Regards

Start pulling from the top towards the opposite A-pillar side; the metal clips will release first. Once the clips are undone, you need to detach the plastic components from the pillar trim, otherwise the cover cannot be removed. It is difficult to explain exactly without photos, but you have to be careful, as the plastic parts can easily break when the metal clips snap free.

dear Andrew, I really thank you, I completed the work in DS4.

This is a step by step for removing the A Pillar Panel

1- Wear clean gloves to avoid leaving marks on the upholstery fabric.

2- Use a lever to lift the A pillar cover near the roof.

3- Apply a little force and release the first plastic clip, pulling the plastic A pillar panel toward the passenger compartment.

4- Pull the A Pillar panel toward the roof (just few mm). This will make it easier to remove the central metal clip.
5- Pull aside the door seal near the center of the A pillar.
6- Use plastic levers to find the leverage point to release the center metal clip (BE CAREFUL of the side airbag cables).
picture taken after removing the A pillar, for showing the right point of leverage


7- Once the central metal clip is released, the plastic A pillar panel remains connected to the metal frame via a flexible strap—don’t break it!
8- Unhook the flexible strap from the plastic strut , the strap will remain connected to the metal frame. have a look on it from the exterior of the car through the windscreen.
you have to disengage the clip (red circle)

9- Now pull on the lower part to release the clip near the tweeter.

10- Rotate the A pillar panel toward the dashboard, without pulling on the tweeter wiring.
11- Unplug the tweeter connector using a small flathead screwdriver.

I thank you all for the attention and… enjoy hifi music in DS! :slight_smile:

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